Ugh. Me too. When I talk, I don't hear it, but recordings of my voice make me cringe. It's so much more high-pitched than it sounds to me, too. When I talk on the phone or when I waited tables, I made a conscious effort to talk in a lower voice because my normal voice seems so annoying. And when I say, "Wisconsin" without thinking about it, it comes out, "wis-KAAN-sin." Yech.

I don't really even like my voice as I hear it in my head, I sometimes notice it when I'm talking and want to stop because it sounds so bad that I think that it bothers other people. Taped it's even worse, it sounds abnormal to me, like it doesn't belong among other voices but was recorded separately and edited in badly.

When I was doing heavy phone work I deliberately cultivated a more 'musical' voice then the one I naturally possess, to the point where guys would tell me I had a 'sexy' voice. After a few years off the phones it's back to 'normal'- a little flat, unless I'm particularly animated.

Haha, I have a "customer service voice" that is distinctly posher and more enunciated than my 'real' one. It is sort of of like my singing voice, but spoken. I hate my real voice, it's sort of soft and weak and nasal and low and dry all at once and should not be let out in public

Quality of recording does help, I can actually stand myself on my computer but tapes were a nightmare. Voice mail is pure evil, I refuse to record a message

Eisa - my dear Dad also called me a 'dying cat' when I sang. Just sing His comments are likely no reflection on you but a particular type of 'Dad' humour (and if yours wasn't trying to be humourous, that's horrible but still no reflection on you).

I really don't mind my voice, it just doesn't seem like it should be mine. Until I started hearing myself recorded on a regular basis I never realized that my voice was so feminine... it's not a bad thing, just not what I hear in my head.

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I am grateful for the friends I have made on EHell and everything I have learned, but it is time I move on.

I know upthread I agree with someone (more so that I have a tendency to sound like tour guide barbie than anything) that I prefer to hear my voice in my head. That is mainly true. I've been a singer for years and I am always disappointed with the recordings of my singing, because I thought I sounded awesome and I sound less awesome to myself in the recording.

I also sound a lot like my sister. I love her don't get me wrong, but I don't really care for her voice. If I hear myself sounding like her I will stop talking/singing for a minute or two.

But there are days when I do like the sound of my own recorded voice and I agree that it just takes getting used to. There is a sweetness to my voice and I *believe* that my voice has a natural kindness to it. I can't describe it, but that is how it makes me feel.

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I know upthread I agree with someone (more so that I have a tendency to sound like tour guide barbie than anything) that I prefer to hear my voice in my head. That is mainly true. I've been a singer for years and I am always disappointed with the recordings of my singing, because I thought I sounded awesome and I sound less awesome to myself in the recording.

I also sound a lot like my sister. I love her don't get me wrong, but I don't really care for her voice. If I hear myself sounding like her I will stop talking/singing for a minute or two.

But there are days when I do like the sound of my own recorded voice and I agree that it just takes getting used to. There is a sweetness to my voice and I *believe* that my voice has a natural kindness to it. I can't describe it, but that is how it makes me feel.

I've been told my voice sounds like sugar cubes dipped in honey On the up side, I have got out of almost all trouble I have ever been in, because no-one believed I could do anything bad.

I have a very different voice for Customer Service. Friends comment on it when they ring whilst I am at work - "oh, you sound very professional there" or worse, "have you ever worked a 1900 phone service?"

I don't exactly HATE my voice; I just know I sound like a little kid and it get frustrating.

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Bowled over Maiden...by too Australian do u mean Kath and Kim and our current prime minister? I actually dont like my voice when I hear it in my head...but I like my voice when I hear it on video. Its alot girlier than what I hear to my own ears.

More like this.But if I'm speaking to you face to face it's alright. I've even been told I sound like a Kiwi!.

I have a vicious Georgia accent if I'm not careful. I sound like something out of "O Brother Where Art Thou". Seriously. It's that bad. I also think that my voice is too low and not feminine.

Bad as I think my voice is, I don't even have a discernable Southern accent. All my life, I've had locals ask me where I was from. "Right here, why?" It's kind of country, but not recognizably Southern.

You ought to hear me. Southerners have to ask me to repeat myself. And I cheerfully run all my words together. You know that Foxworthy skit about "D'jeet?" "Naw'djou?"